Thomas wrote in to the night, his eight year old hands scribbling as fast as he could, his long blond locks tumbling in to his eyes. Downstairs, he heard his parents drinking and laughing, celebrating New Year’s Eve with frivolity and fun.

However there would be no fun for Thomas. He had a book to write.

Two nights ago, she had come silently in the night, disturbing a dream in which he was writing a book, pen rushing over the page like a racehorse. She was a horse too: a Pegasus, a winged unicorn.

“I would like you to share my story.”

Her golden eyes burnt in to his like tiny suns.

“I am Honey, the Pegasus of Prayer, the Horse of Hymns. I have a prayer for humanity. Write a story about a unicorn visiting Earth, and include this prayer …”

Thomas loved writing. Perhaps that was why Honey chose him. Only children can see unicorns, she had confided. That is why she could not go to an adult author, they would not hear her words. It had to be him.

That New Year’s Eve, Thomas wrote all night. By 6am he had finished his unicorn children’s story.

Hesitantly, he showed his mother. She smiled in disbelief, all her new year hopes and dreams coming true at once. The story brought tears and laughter together; its prayer touched her heart like honey running in her veins, and nectar dripping through her brain.

And in the new year, the unicorn story was published. Its prayer cradled every reader’s heart in hands of gentle winter snow. Words that could stir sympathy for others, words that would slice through suffering and entice the sun out from the clouds.

The prayer sailed the planet and flew through the skies like a pegasus. Little by little, the heart of humanity was healed. A better new year had dawned, and a new destiny to dance to.

Meanwhile, Honey returned and introduced Thomas to Gemstone Glade, where he spent a happy hour meeting the crystalline fairies and Unicorn Ryan. (read Unicorn Ryan stories)

May your new year be filled with unicorn prayers too. Smile through sorrow, and test drive a better tomorrow.

We look forward to showing you more of the wonders of Gemstone Glade in 2023.